Public holidays: January 1 – New Year, January 14 – Day of Defenders of the Motherland, March 8 – International Women’s Day, March 21 – Nowruz, May 9 – Day of Memory and Honor, September 1 – Independence Day, October 1 – Teacher’s day, 8 December – Constitution Day, religious holidays Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.